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Outsource Custodial Services to Flint Company, Lake Orion School Board Advised

Board of Education plans to vote on the recommendation at its June 13 meeting.

Calling the decision "not an easy one," Lake Orion Community Schools officials on Wednesday night recommended the district's custodial services be outsourced.

John Fitzgerald, assistant superintendent of business and finance for , advised the Lake Orion Board of Education that The DM Burr Group be the contracted agency.

The recommendation was meant to serve as a first reading for the school board and was based on input received from committee members heading the custodial vendor search. Fitzgerald and Lake Orion Superintendent Marion Ginopolis gave a thorough presentation at Wednesday's meeting at the administration building, explaining motives for looking into private vendors and benefits of moving in that direction.

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“This really is a fiscal decision, it’s not an easy one ... it’s really unfortunate that we’ve been placed in a position where we need to start looking at these things … but what this is really all about is maintaining all of our instructional programs,” Ginopolis said.

According to Fitzgerald, Lake Orion received five bids in response to the district's Request For Proposal (RFP), three of which were being considered in addition to the current staff. After interviews, site visits and talking with references, The DM Burr Group out of Flint was deemed the vendor best suited to meet the needs of Lake Orion schools.

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If the board makes the decision at its June 13 meeting to move forward with The DM Burr Group, the district is expected to save a projected base amount of $782,000 for the fiscal year 2013, with projected base savings of more than $1.58 million per year for fiscal years 2014 and 2015.

Return to Oakland Township-Lake Orion Patch for more coverage of Wednesday night’s meeting.

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